Undergrad Awards and Honors

George Sherrerd III Memorial Award

Awarded annually to the senior with the highest scholastic achievement

Awarded each year to the senior who, in the opinion of ECE faculty, attained the highest level of scholastic achievement in all subjects and simultaneously rendered significant service to the Pratt School of Engineering and Duke University

The award was established in 1958 by the parents of George Sherrerd III, a graduate of the Class of 1955, to recognize outstanding undergraduate scholarship.

Class of 2019

Nathaniel Emerson Brooke

Recent Winners

2018: Jihane Bettahi and Edwin Bodge

2017: Efe Aras

2016: Chase Malik and Davis Treybig

2015: Kevin Liang and Logan Su

2014: Kushal Seetharam

2013: William Scheideler

2012: Hazal Yuksel

2011: Corinne Horn

Charles Ernest Seager Memorial Award

Recognizes outstanding undergraduate research

Recognizes the most outstanding undergraduate research projects and presentations, as judged by the faculty, as part of the year's Graduation with Distinction presentation sessions.

The award was established in 1958 by the widow and friends of Charles Ernest Seager, a graduate of the Class of 1955.

Class of 2019

Madeline Fitch Briere

Madhavi Rajiv

Recent Winners

2018: Aditya Srinivasan and James Doherty

2017: Elijah Cole

2016: Dennis Lynch

2015: Yaqi Zhang

2014: Amay Jhaveri

2013: Likun (Sam) Xi

2012: Albert Oh

2011: Sabrina Liao and Eric Thorne

David Randall Fuller Prize

Presented to the senior who has shown the most academic improvement

The Fuller Prize for Achievement in ECE was established by J. Peyton Fuller IV T'54 in recognition of his son, David Randall Fuller E'87. It was first awarded in 1992.

Class of 2019

Michael Todd Scruggs

Recent Winners

2018: David Bi

2017: Alden Harwood

2016: Craig Vincent

2015: Ryan Fishel and Alex Morrill

2014: Mark Hoffman

2013: John "Jack" Jamieson III

2012: Leigh Wiegert

2011: Ralph Nathan

Charles Rowe Vail Memorial Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Recognizes the most outstanding undergraduate teaching assistant

Created in 1997 by former students and colleagues of Charles Rowe Vail E'37—Duke alum, professor (1939-1967), and chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering (1956-1964).

Class of 2019

Chance Robert Taylor Fleeting

Recent Winners

2018: Michael Kuryshev

2017: Gautam Chebrolu

2016: Zachary Bears and Safkat Islam

2015: Xavier de Gunten and Leeviana Gray

2014: Sarah Eade and Tory Lang

2013: Chen Zhao

2012: Albert Oh

2011: Corinne Horn

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Award

Recognizes outstanding teaching assistants

Awarded to teaching assistants who have made significant, sustained contributions to the undergraduate curriculum through excellence as laboratory assistant or grader.

Nominations are based on student evaluations. Finalists are selected by ECE faculty.

2018-2019

Joseph DiChicchis '20

Alexander Culbert '19

Kyle Finke '19

Chance Fleeting '19

Elizabeth Pharis '19

Recent Winners

2017-2018

Jocelyn Corey '18

Chance Fleeting '19

Michael Kuryshev '18

Shuzhou Li '18

Chin Jie Lim '18

2016-2017

Gautam Chebrolu '17

Udita Delta Ghoshal '17

Darshana Jaint '17

Michael Kuryshev '18

Chin Jie Lim '18

Sivaneshwaran Loganathan '17

Gabriel Kroch '17

Thomas Romano '17

Benjamin Xing '17

2015-2016

Zach Bears '16

Safkat Islam '16

Michael Deng '16

Stephen Hughes '16

John Lorenz '16

Zhihao Zhu '16

Nina Sun '17

Helen Murphy '17

Yilun Zhou '17

2014-2015

John Bralich '15

Greg Canal '15

Brett Fox '15

Leeviana Gray '15

Xavier de Gunten '15

Minhazul Islam '15

Karmyn McKnight '15

Graham Miller '15

David Spruill '15

2013-2014

Abhishek Balakr '14

Sarah Eade '14

Leeviana Gray '15

Xavier de Gunten '15

Tory Lang '14

Nathan Li '14

Helio Lui '14

Bryan Yang '14

Alex Zhu '15

2012-2013

Jawad Al-Masannat

Erinn Grigsby

Tory Lang

Will Scheideler

William Tsai

Jennifer Villa

Bryan Yang

Chen Zhao

2011-2012

John Cuffney

Ethan (Yong Hui) Goh

David Herrig

Alex Mariakakis

Albert Oh

Anna Territo

Andrew Weitz

2010-2011

Corinne Horn

John Ingalls

Niruban Maheswaranathan

Albert Oh

Trevor Reid

Oriana Wen

Teaching Assistant Citations

Spring 2019

Philjae Chang'21 - ECE 110L (Lab) - "For exceptional work and care for students in the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering course as a teaching assistant."

Evelyn Putri'21 - ECE 110L (Lab) - "For ensuring high quality feedback and for seeking ways to truly reach students as a teaching assistant in the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering course."

Grant Mak'20 - ECE 110L (Lab) - "For dedication, enthusiasm, technical capability, and care of students in the hands-on laboratory portion of the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering course."

Kerry Castor'20 - ECE 110L9 (Lab) - "For commitment, help, and thoroughness in ensuring the success of students and the laboratory experience in the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering course."

Kyle Newman'20 - ECE 110L9 (Lab) - "For skill, knowledge, and guidance in carrying out the duties of a laboratory teaching assistant in the Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering course."

Alexander Culbert'19 - ECE 230L9 (Lab) - "For leadership in instruction and ensuring the success of students and fellow teaching assistants in the Microelectronic Devices and Circuits course."

Joanne Zheng'20 - ECE 230L9 (Lab) - "For excellence in teaching, providing both knowledge and mentoring to students as a laboratory teaching assistant in the Microelectronic Devices and Circuits course."

Caroline Potts'20 - ECE 280L9 (Lab) - "For thoroughness, dedication, and exceptional student support and care in all aspects of the Signals and Systems course."

Chance Fleeting'19 - ECE 280L9 (Lab) - "For second-to-none organizational leadership, dedication to student learning, support of faculty, and above and beyond effort to ensure an amazing experience for all involved in the Signals and Systems course."

Kyle Finke'19 - ECE 350L (Lab) - "For extreme professionalism, fairness, and care of students as well as leadership and planning in the advanced Digital Systems course."

Joseph DeChicchis'20 - ECE 250D - "For exceptionally dedicated support for students in the Computer Architecture course through extraordinary leadership, thoughtfulness, and persistance enabling students and supporting faculty in the course."

Austin Carter'20 - ECE 250D - "For above and beyond student support during both recitations and office hours in the Computer Architecture course."

Katherine Van Dyk'19 - ECE 250D - "For exceptional student support beyond the standard in ensuring the success of students in the Computer Architecture course."

Chance Fleeting '19 — ECE 280L (Lab) — "For consistently extending himself for the benefit of students and for being reliable, timely, and responsive as an ECE 280L Introduction to Signals & Systems TA."

Suzhou Li '18 — ECE 280L (Lab) — “For consistency and dedication as a stand out teaching assistant in the laboratory portion of the Introductory Signals and Systems course.”

Chin Jie Lim '18 — ECE 110L (Lab) — “For stand out performance which truly went above and beyond as a Fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering teaching assistant both through a dedication to student learning in the laboratory and by contributing significantly to the overall laboratory experience in the course.”

Devavrat Dabke ’18 — ECE 350D (Grader & Lab) — “For taking on a leadership role and for performing at the highest levels as a teaching assistant in the ECE 350L Digital Systems course in ECE.”

Kimberly Eddleman ’18 — ECE 110L (Grader) — “For excellence as a grader TA in ECE 110L Fundamentals of ECE including thoroughness in scoring and for providing meaningful help and guidance to students.”

Darshana Jaint ’17 — ECE 110L (Lab) — “For her leadership, organization, and diligence as a TA in ECE 110L Fundamentals of ECE including updated grading guides, lab revisions, and above all care and concern for the students enrolled.”

Michael Kuryshev ’18 — ECE 230L (Lab) & 331L (Lab) — “For reliability, dedication, and timeliness in all of his TA duties in both ECE 230L Microelectronics and ECE 331L Integrated Circuits and for demonstrating the utmost maturity and consistency in those roles.”